Last month, our Crafty Witches brought you their April Craft-Along Contest which asked you to create a Harry Potter themed egg out of the crafting material of your choice. After receiving many wonderful and creative entries, the winners of the Enchanted Eggs Contest are ready to be announced. They are: 1st Place – Death Eater …read more!

Happy Birthday wishes go out today to actress Jessie Cave, who is set to play the character of Lavender Brown in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film. Miss Cave is celebrating her 22nd birthday today. Cheers to you, Jessie!

Construction continues at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park attraction underway in Orlando, Florida. Via this link you can now see new photos online today of work being done to the giant castle of Hogwarts, as well as the developing entrance way to the park. Thanks so much to Brian for emailing! The …read more!

Over the weekend we reported on the LA Times new preview of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which contained a new still from the movie. WB sent us the high res version of Harry (Dan Radcliffe) and Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) in a darkened home of Slughorn, which you can see here in our …read more!

The Telegraph is reporting tonight that author J. K. Rowling has been memorialized in a Lego mosaic at Legoland Windsor after a recent poll named the Harry Potter author as the “”ultimate hero” of the last ten years.” The Lego-fied tribute to Ms Rowling contains 48,000 “white, yellow and grey bricks,” and was constructed with …read more!

Amazon has updated their website to indicate the score to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince composed by Nicholas Hooper will be available for purchase on July 7th, 2009. With pre-orders currently available here in our Cauldron Shop, the CD is listed at $15.98 (USD), however no track listings are yet available, and we will …read more!

Two of our Book Clubs hosted over on the Leaky Lounge forums have opened up readings of two new books starting today. First up, our Harry Potter Book Club has now started their reading of the forth novel in author J. K. Rowling’s series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Secondly, Jo’s Book Nook, …read more!

I don’t talk politics much. I don’t read the paper – I don’t really trust the paper. I have a few friends who are politically aware and I trust them to keep me apprised of anything major. Several weeks ago I was visiting with one such politically-minded friend and we got on the subject of …read more!

Construction is nearing completion on Shell Cottage, currently being built along the coastline of Wales for use in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Thanks to TLC reader Victoria, we have some nice new photos of the cottage, with the front door now in place, and an attic room or copula and twin …read more!

For the month of May, the newest edition of The Quibbler, which contains “all the news you won’t find anywhere else,” takes a slightly different tone and honors those in the Harry Potter story that have fallen. This issue takes you behind the veil as we come upon the eleventh anniversary of the Battle of …read more!